Train-the-trainer courses
Tailored to the industry, target group and existing training formats of each company.
Service 03
Workshops in Adult Education
Most in-house trainers are subject-matter experts, not trained educators. They teach the way they were taught themselves – usually from the front, with limited effect at higher learning levels.
Offering
What I offer.
4MAT design training
To Dr Bernice McCarthy – how a course brings these four perspectives together:
- Learner types and hemisphere indicators
- Learning preferences of participants
- Teaching preferences of trainers
- Leadership behaviour of managers
Learning cycle
How adults learn – Kolb’s cycle.
Adults don’t learn linearly from lecture to test, but in rounds. Each stage needs its own place in the workshop.
Stage 1
Experience
Do or experience something yourself – the exercise comes first, not the theory.
Stage 2
Reflection
Observe and discuss what actually happened.
Stage 3
Conceptualisation
Derive rules and patterns from the experience – this is where theory comes in.
Stage 4
Active experimentation
Apply what was derived in a new situation and test it.
In the workshop
Workshop content.
- Foundations of adult education (andragogy): reference to experience, practical relevance, self-direction
- Participant-centred rather than trainer-centred learning – Kolb’s learning cycle
- Recognising and removing typical barriers to learning
- Feedback techniques by level – from error correction to exploratory dialogue
Target groups
Who it’s for.
- Companies that want to develop subject-matter experts into trainers
- Trainer teams that want to develop their method variety and effectiveness
- Instructional designers and content creators
The result: trainers who no longer just present knowledge but actively design learning processes – with measurably higher participation and better transfer to practice.